The supporters had just seen their side beat Benfica to reach the final four of the Europa League

As the crowd - predominantly topless men - jumped around and pushed against the advertising hoardings, stewards desperately tried to resist.

But after a few moments, the inevitable happened and down came the barrier - and with it went a couple of fans.

In fairness, the supporters managed to curb their temptation to swarm the pitch at the Stadion am Bornheimer Hang.

Earlier, they saw their beloved team overturn a 4-2 first-leg deficit against Benfica.

Filip Kostic scored a composed rebound to pull Frankfurt back into the tie - although he was offside when the initial shot was taken before reacting well when it came back off the post.

Sebastian Rode then found the bottom corner from the edge of the box to score his first goal since September 2016 and put the Germans on the brink of going through.

Eintracht rode their luck late on and had Kevin Trapp to thank for a string of fine saves but held on to set up a semi-final tie with Chelsea.

After full-time, as their supporters continued to go wild, the Frankfurt players sat down on the pitch as the club's mascot - a huge golden eagle called Attila - was brought out to join in the celebrations.

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